The Drake Framework The grounding of aircraft across the United States on 13 November 2026 provides an important occasion to examine the vulnerability of international civil aviation through an application of Frank
Open-source intelligence analysts say a significant number of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles fired into northern Nigeria on December 25 failed to explode, raising questions about both the operation and the reliability of
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to place a draft 20-point peace framework at the centre of high-stakes talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, in what could become
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If there was a single theme tying American foreign policy together in 2025, it would be a decisive shift away from the rhetoric of ‘global leadership’ toward an unapologetic assertion of privilege within
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The Pentagon has deployed special operations aircraft, troops and equipment to the Caribbean region near Venezuela, The Wall Street Journal and other media reported on December 23. A significant force amassed in
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The Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses occupies a discreet position within Delhi’s top security institutions. Winter light lay flat and pale across the office passages, lending the space a
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The US Embassy in India has issued a strong warning to applicants about visa scams, amid ongoing delays in H-1B visa processing and renewals that have left many stranded in India. According
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Julie Chung was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka in February 2022. The ‘aragalaya’ against Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government had begun even before she arrived in Sri Lanka. By the
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Japan’s Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, approved a record ¥122.3 trillion budget on Friday for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2026, which includes ¥29.6 trillion in government bonds to
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America’s six largest banks have collectively added $600 billion in market value in 2025, reflecting a powerful combination of deregulation under the Trump administration and a resurgence in investment banking, according to
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Honduras’ National Party candidate, Nasry “Papi” Asfura, has been declared the winner of the country’s November 30 presidential election, the electoral body confirmed Wednesday, ending weeks of delays, technical issues, and accusations
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India’s exports to the United States have rebounded sharply despite facing some of Washington’s steepest tariffs, offering New Delhi a boost in confidence as trade negotiations continue, though economists warn the headline
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A newly released set of verbatim transcripts detailing meetings and telephone conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former U.S. President George W. Bush provides an unusually candid portrait of one of
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan found himself at the center of a political storm earlier this year when U.S. President Donald Trump publicly criticized him on Truth Social, calling for his immediate resignation
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Venezuela’s current political crisis revolves around allegations of ties between the Maduro government and criminal or terrorist networks, and claims that Nicolás Maduro’s 2024 re-election was fraudulent. According to reporting by El
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John Koch, 76, has spent nearly four decades covering every execution in Florida, including the recent lethal injection of Frank Athen Walls. Traveling from his northern Florida home to the state prison
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